Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1909 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

_ TUESDAY. v| Mrs. C. W. Hanley is spending today in Chicago, ~ v D. M. Worland made a business trip to Lafayette today. W. J. Wright is in Indianapolis today attending the undertakers’ convention. The convention will doubtless be a dead one. This is a fine day and the farmers are making the planters sing. With a few more days good weather most of the corn will be planted. Mrs. Amanda Collins and granddaughter, Pearl Collins, of Idaville, came today to visit Silas Toombs, of near Newland. Will Porter, Chas. Severns and John Hudgenfe, of Francesville, were Rensselaer visitors today, having come via auto. , D. L. Halstead and James Donneliv left this morning for a trip to Michigan, where the former has land. Jim went to see the country. E. L. Hollingsworth, Delos Thompson and J. J. Hunt are spending today at Hammond in attendance at the district meeting of the bankers association. Mr. Hollingsworth is the district-chairman. C. B. Steward went to Indianapolis today to look after some insurance business and to attend the I. O. O. F. grand lodge. Mrs. Steward went Sunday to attend the Rebekahs, being a member of the auditing committee.

Hugh Kirk’s Spuds ran away from the Pleasant Ridge Kidder baseball team at Riverside Park Sunday to the tune of 23 to 1. The Spuds will play at Monon Friday. They are playing quite good ball and having a lot of fun. Remington had a great hail storm Saturday afternoon that entirely missed Rensselaer. The hail stones were large and continued falling for some time, doing considerable damage to fruit and breaking out a number of window lights. Ed Randle has purchased the house on north Front street that was formerly owned by Rush & Warren, and later by the Rensselaer Lumber Co. It is a modern 5-room cottage and sold for $l,lOO. Mr. Randle and family will occupy it. Comrade Fox, who has been ill for the past three weeks, is now about well again and will begin carrying the Pleasant Grove star route next Monday. Mr. Grieser will continue to carry the city mall between the depot and the post office. Miss Nancy, Carr and Miss Jessie Knox expect to start Thursday of this week to Spokane, Wash., to see Mrs. Arthur Arnott, nee Miss Cena Carr, daughter of Carey Cajr, west of town. They will he gone for several weeks. There is much whooping cough in the city and country. The baby of John Hordeman and wife in town, and of George Iliff and wife in the country have been having a hard time of it but are thought to be out of danger now.

Geo. Ketchum and wife and Frank ponnelly and wife spent last Saturday in Goodland the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Bales. Mrs. Bales is recovering from her accident of some weeks ago, and is now able to get about some with the assistance of a crutch. Her left foot was partially amputated and it is* intended to get an artificial member as soon as the foot is healed sufficiently to have it adjusted. Samuel Lowry, who lives on the William Barker (arm, north of town, was operated on Monday for strangulated hernia. He has had the for some years but the strangulation occurred Sunday. The most prompt relief Is necessary to prevent death and a surgeon from Chicago was called by local physicians and the case relieved Monday about noon. He is getting along very nicely now, and is being nursed by Miss Mattie Hemphill. “Delos Thompson, Harry Parker, Billy Smith and Chick Chamberlin took an auto trip Sunday to the Low-ell-Crown Point auto race course. There were fifty or more autos there, many of them from Chicago and the contractors were busy at work on the track, which is all being covered with tar and then with crushed rock, which is pressed into the tar with a steam roller, making an ideal bed. The big races will be held there on Jifne 18th and 19th and it is probable that many Rensselaer people #lll he there to